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Progressive anti-racist.

Nurture Love, Resist Hate. Build bridges.

Science, tech, history, chess, books & comics, word nerd & nerd-nerd.

IG: trenchcoat

ABANDON TWITTER. And stop calling it what he wants you to call it.
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Duo, the Duolingo owl mascot, is ablaze and rising like a phoenix on an orange background. It’s quite dramatic. The text on the image reads, “I’m on a 365 day learning streak!” (with a Duolingo watermark on the bottom left).
August 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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June 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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It hasn’t even been 24 hours.
Screencap of Bluesky’s trending topics. 1)NBA 2)Clinton Endorsement 3)Keir Starmer 4)US Strikes Iran 5)Andrew Cuomo
June 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I’m really hoping the death of Duo the Owl is a clever way to usher dead language courses into DuoLingo’s official offerings.

#philology #latin #ancientgreek #sanskrit #coptic #oldenglish #akkadian #oldpersian #egyptianhieroglyphs #languagestudies
#duolingo
Eyes X’d out, tongue lolling lifelessly, it’s Duo the Owl, of DuoLingo fame, but sadly and tragically dead. (Feb 2025 DuoLingo marketing campaign)
February 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM